CAIRO - To get away for a moment from the bombast and bloody menace that has haunted the run-up to this Saturday’s constitutional referendum and to get an explanation of what it will likely mean for Egypt if, as expected, the proposal is ratified, I asked the Muslim Brotherhood if they could put me in touch with one of their English-speaking members.

CAIRO — Covering Egypt’s political adventures and misadventures is like a journey without maps.
Egypt’s top general called Tuesday for unity talks between Islamists and secularists over their irreconcilable differences over the Islamist-backed constitution.

CAIRO — Egypt’s Arab Spring took another sharp, potentially ominous turn Saturday as Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and his controversial draft constitution handily won the battle of rival political rallies by bringing as many as 200,000 supporters to the gates of Cairo University.